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  • Name: Joseph N. Sloat
  • Birth: 6-JAN-1837 in: York County, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Death: 21-DEC-1919 in: New Brunswick, Canada
  • Father: James Sloat
  • Mother: Sarah Wright

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  • Married: 28-JUN-1871
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  • Name: Annie Matilda Hanselpacker
  • Birth: 15-JUL-1844 in: Canning Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Death: 1931 in: York County, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Father: William Henry Hanselpacker
  • Mother: Mary Ann Clark

Notes: Through various sources, it appears that "Annie W. Hanselapacker, Annie Matilda Hanselpacker and Matilda Hanselpacker (who all married Joseph Sloat) are one and the same person. There MAY have been a Matilda Hanselpacker born in 1830, but my gues s is that if there was, she was either born to a diffferent William, or, may have died young?

John Hanselpacker and Julia Balmain (Annie's grandparents) were married in the Gagetown Anglican Church in 1799. When Benjamin Sloat (Joseph's ancestor) first arrived in New Brunswick in 1783, he shortly had his family all christened in the Gaget own Anglican Church in 1787. So the two families likely knew one another before Matilda and Joseph were married. Douglas Harbor and Gagetown (Grimross Neck) are not far apart by river, which would have been the transportation system in those days.

By 1871 Census she is listed as 26 years-old. The Census took place in April of that year. This is hard to figure as her birthyear is almost always listed as 1843.

Many records indicate a Matilda was born to William and Mary Ann, in or around 1830. This may very well be the case, though surely, Annie Matilda was born at least 13 years later. Whether the first "Matilda" truly was born in 1830, and, possibl y passed in her young years, or, if this was meant to be Annie Matilda, with simply incorrect dates is not yet known or proven. We know, on the better known lists, there is a gap of 5 years, between John and Henry. So, there's no concern about th e potential, merely the possibility.

Gravestone shows birth year of 1843.


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